The Tiffany style, iridescent ornaments were being offered for slightly less money than Mr Ditchfield would charge – hence the added interest.
From left to right: an amber glass vase, 101/2in (26.5cm) high – £170;
a green glass table lamp,
2ft 11/2in (64cm) – £450; an opaque white glass vase applied with millefiori, 101/2in (26.5cm) – £70; an amethyst glass Jack in the Pulpit vase, 181/4in (46cm) – 260 (Mr Ditchfield’s website gallery has a larger example of this vase, costing £350); a green glass vase with purple trailing, 101/4in (26cm) – £170.
Raising his glass to a holiday
FAMILY deaths and property downsizings still account for the majority of goods sold at auction, but lifestyle options are increasingly a factor. At Andrew Hartley’s sale the decision by a local vendor to part with her Chiparus figure to pay for an extension on her new home was almost as cutting edge as the Yorkshire man who ditched this collection of modern glass, some shown left, by Lancashire master blower John Ditchfield to pay for a holiday in the Far East.
